Day 224, 9:00 AM

Dentist Office

Sitting in the dentist's chair, the dentist bounds Todoroki's arms to the chair before pulling out a tray with dental instruments. "You're not afraid of dentists, are you?" His name tag reads 'Dentist 103'.

Todoroki looks at the drill in his hands. "I've never really cared too much about a dentist."

"Good." He pulls out a surgical mask. "Let's get started shall we."

"Wait, I don't think the novocaine kicked in yet."

Kuroshiro's Dental Appointment

WHIR!

Kuroshiro screams at the top of his lungs, holding in his chair as Dentist 103 uses the drill to perform a root canal on him.

Kenzō's Dental Appointment

"Hold the fuck on, you're getting a little overzeal-AAH!"

Dentist 103 performs the Schilder's Technique on Kenzō.

Emi's Dental Appointment

"No," Emi screams at the top of her lungs. "No, no, no!"

Dentist 103 holds a syringe filled with a numbing agent. "Hey, it'll only hurt for a second."

Dangan's Dental Appointment

"I got it!" Dentist 103 screams as he rips the tooth out of Dangan's mouth using pliers made for construction work rather than dental work.

Dangan simply grunts, fighting the pain but he eventually gives in and screams.

Jōji's Dental Appointment

"Haha, give me all you got," Jōji challenges. "You can't cripple this man any more than-"

Dentist 103 drills into his teeth. The paraplegic screams at the top of his lungs.

Honenuki's Dental Appointment

"What do we got here?" Dentist 103 looks into Honenuki's mouth. "Wow, this won't do; you've got tooth decay on your wisdom teeth. This calls for an extraction.

Honenuki gasps at seeing the dentist reach for his instruments. "Wait, shouldn't I be put under for this?"

"Ain't no such thing as anesthesia, skull face." He holds up a few plies. "Now hold still; I don't want to pull the molar accidentally."

Dabi's Dental Appointment

"Hi there, Dabi," Airi smiles, wearing a skimpy nurse's outfit. "Guess what, because I had pearly whites today, I get to play the nurse's assistant. Don't worry, if you bleed too much, I'll use Perfect Touch on you." She picks up his wrists. "Did anyone tell you that you look beautiful with these scars?"

"Shut your mouth." Dabi snatches his hands back. He uses his free hand to strap his hand to the dentist's chair before Airi fastens the other restraint. "Let's just get this over with."

Dentist 103 returns, no longer wearing his mask. "Well, I'll have to perform a filling. Just not to move around too much."

Himiko Toga's Dental Appointment

"Open wide," Dentist 103 urges. "Come on, open wide."

Toga keeps her mouth closed.

"How am I supposed to operate on you if you don't open your mouth?"

She shakes her head.

Airi leans down. "If you open your mouth, I'll let you have a tasting of my blood. I'm not a masochist and I'm not a lesbian but I'll pretend just for you."

Toga chuckles before complying.

Yaomomo's Dental Appointment

"Wow," Dentist 103 smiles, "well, haven't you been keeping your teeth clean for me, good girl."

Yaomomo gulps before talking. "I'm not sure how I feel about being called a 'good girl,' sir."

Before she can respond, the dentist inserts a device into her mouth, forcing her to keep her mouth open as he performs an operation.

Waiting Room

As the rest of the I-Island Elites wait patiently for Setsuna to finish up, the sounds of her screams fill the dentist's office.

"HOLD STILL!" Dentist 103's voice comes through the walls. "ONLY TWO MORE! ONLY TWO MORE!"

Setsuna's screams intensify, making the others shiver.

With everyone's appointments out of the way, the receptionist writes up a bill before handing it to Todoroki.

Todoroki looks at the bill. "I'm not paying this."

"You get a discount. Normally, we charge thirty-six cards but we're letting you off scot-free for twenty-four cards." The receptionist smiles, showing white teeth. "You're I-Island Elites."

Todoroki groans before turning to everyone. "Two cards each."

The others groan before taking out two cards and paying the receptionist.

Dentist 103 comes out, removing his surgical mask and latex gloves. "Well everyone, thank you all for coming today. That was fun... for me." He smiles, showing yellow teeth. "And because you all did such a good job, here's some lollipops for you." He takes a jar off the receptionist's desk and presents the lollipops. Each of the I-Island Elites grabs a lollipop. As they walk off, Airi stops and turns to the dentist.

"Why lollipops?"

Dentist 103 continues to smile. "My father told me the best kind of business is repeat customers." He takes out another. "You get two because you were such a sexy assistant today. Oh, and return every part of your nurse's outfit by the end of the day or I'll charge you extra the next time you come in for a procedure."

Airi accepts the lollipop. "No problem doc."

As she turns to walk out, the receptionist sees the back of her skirt riding up. "Whore."

Airi catches up with Emi. "Here you go, little one. The doc was feeling bad about giving you a shot so he wanted me to give you this extra lollipop to apologize."

Emi winces before taking the candy."Thank you." She looks up. "Do you want it?"

"I stay away from confectionary candy," Dangan tells her. "You can have it."

Yaomomo winces, rubbing her cheek. "Remind us to fire Dentist 103 and have some a little less enthusiastic about cleaning our teeth."

"You weaklings," Dabi scoffs, "I didn't feel anything."

"That's because you're charred like a fucking lump of coal," Kenzō groans. "Not all of us got high fucking pain fucking tolerance, assfucker." He turns to Airi. "You became his dick-hardening eye candy assistant just to avoid getting tools shoved down your throat like a fucking dick, right?"

"I regret nothing," Airi laughs.

"Can we focus, guys?" Todoroki yells. "We have a job to do, remember? We still need to find the three traitors and thieves. I think we should give ourselves a headstart and begin looking for them."

"Come on, can't a guy relax?" Honenuki asks. "I mean, we were put through the worst kind of dental torture and some of us don't have mouths to close."

"If you're not going to work, then I will."

"Maybe we can have a barbeque at your place," Kuroshiro suggests. "Pun intended, Dabi."

"Flattered," Dabi snarks.

"No, if anyone is coming back to my place, it better be to do some work," Todoroki says firmly.

"Come on, man, we got plenty of time; it's not like these traitors and thieves will leave. In case you hadn't noticed: we're on a mobile island and all the boats and planes are disabled. We can get three thieves later."

"We're here to do a job, not be each other's friends." Todoroki slaps his hand away. "Get to work or don't bother coming to my place." Todoroki walks off.

"Wait up for your beloved big brother." Dabi follows after him.

The others watch the pair retreat, some of them shaking their heads in despair.

"How could you ever fall for something like that, Yaomomo?" Airi asks. "He's sexy from top to bottom but... he's the male equivalent of a butter-face." He sees her confused look. "You know, a nice body but their face. Except in this case, it's his personality."

"You shouldn't talk about our classmate like that," Yaomomo declares. "And stop objectifying him."

"No can do, honey, it's in my biological imperative to objectify sexy men." She rolls her eyes up and down her body. "With your hero costume, Creati, I'm sure you've had a few men objectify you."

"I've had plenty but it doesn't bother me."

"No, it only bothers you when I objectify your boyfriend." She smiles. "Looks like the two of you were made for each other. Chase after him." She shoves her forward. "Go be with your two-toned man."

Yaomomo ignored her and walked off.

"As much as I hate to admit it; Todoroki has a point." Jōji begins rotating his wheelchair. "We can't get lazy. Otherwise, we won't get these traitors. I'm going to contact a couple of people and see what I can dig up on anyone seen with suspicious gadgets."

"I got a business to run," Kenzō says, "and just because I got a painful as fuck dentist drilling into my teeth isn't going to fucking stop me."

"Don't spend all your cards at once," Honenuki laughs as Kenzō leaves.

"I'm getting Emi home." Dangan picks up the little girl and hoists her on her back, giving her a piggyback ride. "It's almost exercise time for us and we like to be punctual."

Emi laughs. "If Dangan is late for his schedule, he gets crazy."

Dangan carries Emi away.

"And this is where I take my leave." Kuroshiro bows. "I suddenly feel an urge to help Todoroki with whatever he's doing so I'll be taking my leave."

Airi follows after Kuroshiro before cutting off and taking her own path.

"How is it that we keep getting left behind?" Setsuna questions aloud. "Are we forgettable or something?"

"You should be used to it by now, Setsuna," Honenuki laughs. "After all, remember we're the B-list of the hero course?"

Himiko Toga laughs. "Well, I'm going to go shopping again and make sure we're stocked up on food. Unless... Setsuna... you're willing to offer a piece of yourself as food."

Setsuna laughs. "Aren't you getting tired of me; don't you crave something else besides my flesh and blood?"

"Nope." She takes out a knife and holds it to her throat. "So... what will it be?"

Setsuna grabs Toga's wrist gently. "It's going to be a no, Himiko."

"But the next time you're serving yourself up... I get a piece."

"I'll save a thigh just for you." She moves the wrist off of her.

Todoroki's Apartment

Sitting on his couch with several crates full of security VHS tapes from yesterday, he puts them in his VCR before watching them on TV. Grabbing a cigarette he is about to use his flame quirk to light it before pausing.

"Touya, do you want to be a helpful big brother and light this for me?"

Dabi spins in his chair near the desk with the radio. "I don't know; sounds like a lot of work." He sends a small blue flame at the cigarette, lighting it.

"Thanks." Todoroki takes a hit.

Dabi turns back to the radio. Putting on his headphones, he pulls the speaker toward him and presses the transmission button.

"Hell-ooo?" Dabi pauses. "Anybody there, hello?" He drums his finger on the table. "Anyone, no? Not surprised. You always did ignore me, Natsuo. And Fuyumi, you would never and could never understand how I'm feeling. And Mom, have you given up on me again or are you whoring yourself out per Dad's request?"

Todorki freezes, dropping his cigarette on the carpet and turning to Dabi. "Don't talk about Mom that way."

Dabi ignores him. "Dad, I know for a fact that you're ignoring me too. You can't stand the sound of my voice; the voice of your failure. You want to shut me up and ignore me; just like you did when I was little." He laughs. "Wow, even when I'm an adult, even when the world took a nosedive into Hell, you still refuse to acknowledge me. What if I told you that I had your beloved masterpiece in the same room as me? How would you feel then, huh?" His volume rises with each word. "Still got nothing to say? Or maybe you're thinking that I'm lying." He curls his fingers into a fist before looking at his brother. "Come here, masterpiece." He pushes the transmission button again.

"I told you not to call me that."

"Since when does a big brother listen to his baby brother?"

"Since the day Dad acknowledged me and not you."

Dabi laughs. "I should've killed you when I had the chance."

"You still do." Dabi takes off his jacket before discarding his shirt. "Right now."

Dabi laughs. "And fry you without dear dad watching or even being aware of your death? Laughable, baby brother, laughable." He removes his finger from the transmission button. "Looks like both of our attempts failed; you don't get your siblings and mother, I don't get daddy dearest."

"He's not worth it; just let it go." Todoroki sits down on the couch, his foot resting an inch away from the cigarette. His pant leg catches fire. Gasping when the pain hits him, he instinctively causes his right pant leg to catch fire before he quickly douses out the flames. He touches the fires with a sneer of pain as he puts the fire out. Patting his food, he observes the black burn mark on the bottom of the couch the size of a baseball.

"Haha, you just used your right side without even thinking." Dabi stands up, getting a look at the burn on the couch. "Aww, you miss your mom so much you burned your own foot just to remember her."

Todoroki glares at him. "Don't talk about Mom that way."

"Touchy, touchy, are ya? Now you know how I feel about Endeavor." He sits back in his chair with a sigh. "If you could meet Dad again, especially in this shithole, what would you tell him? 'Fuck you'?"

"I don't plan on meeting him and I'm hoping he's dead."

"With Endeavor, I'm pretty sure everyone wants him dead." He laughs. "Funny, I'm a mass murderer and everyone loves me yet, our father is an abusive parent who tore his family apart, and yet, he gets the most heat. And for the most part, he gets the heat not from people knowing how he destroyed his family but how he handles himself with civies."

"It doesn't matter." Todoroki turns to the TV, deciding to catch up on any potential missing footage.

A few minutes later, Yaomomo and Kuroshiro arrive.

"Hey there, hotheads, how is it going?" Yamomo inquiries.

"I'm trying to work but there's a lot of distractions." Todoroki lights another cigarette with Dabi's help. "I'm trying to take our job as security seriously."

"We all know you are." Yaomomo sits next to him. "What are you watching?"

"Footage from the south side of the island to try and see if there are any civilians with suspicious gadgets."

"The south side of the island; that's a part part of town."

"Which is why the thieves would choose that place as a hideout." Todoroki rewinds the footage, carefully watching the homeless people meander around town, doing things to survive.

"It would be a lot easier if we knew what kind of gadgets are missing," Kuroshiro points out. "There were four gadgets but we got one of them back."

"The black hole grenade," Todoroki recalls. "The other three gadgets are devices Samuel Abraham and David Shield made. Apparently, some kind of ray gun, an electricity gun, and another kind of weaponized grenade."

Kuroshiro laughs. "Of course, as if a regular grenade wasn't a weapon already." He scoots forward. "Kenzō operates in the south side of town sometimes; we can get him to be our eyes and ears."

"But he has a reputation for being part of the I-Island Elites so people will be cautious of him," Yaomomo points out.

"These thieves and traitors, it's going to be like finding a needle in a haystack of 200 hundred people or so. First of all, we need to narrow the list down." He pulls a piece of paper from the desk beside him. "First of all, Eijirou Kita, he operated as an electrical. His quirk allowed him to have eyes in the back of his head but that didn't serve him well in the long run." Kuroshiro holds a pencil and chews on the eraser. "If we want to find these traitors, we need to talk to the people he's been hanging around with. Friends, family, associates, people who work as an electrician, everything."

"And what led to Abraham and Shield to conclude that there are four people and not a one-man job?" Todoroki asks.

"Simple," Kuroshiro laughs, "the structure and layout of the place broken into requires multiple parties to pull off. The garage where the gadgets were kept required two people to operate, as well as someone with a card to swipe in, and the doors could only be locked and unlocked via the security room. At the same time the heist happened, the cameras turned off, two men opened the door, and a third man swiped his keycard."

"What if it was someone with a quirk who opened the door?" Todoroki asks.

"Not possible; there's a security measure in place if someone uses their quirk in the lab area. It's so the undead subjects won't be disturbed."

"So three people with two being an inside job," Yaomomo recounts. "This means..."

Kuroshiro smiles. "Kita was inside-man number one, the two who opened the door were outsiders, and the man who swiped his keycard was the second inside-man. This narrows the list down significantly. Honestly, the world would be a better place, dead or alive, if people used their brains. Zombies use their brains; that's why they're up and walking. Why don't people use their brains?"

"It's because they're stupid, that's why," Todoroki answers. He looks at Yaomomo. "Minus some."

Yaomomo smiles.

"Aww shucks," Kuroshiro laughs, "I blush, Todoroki." He looks back at the paper. "If we can figure out the movies of the theft, we can probably narrow down the list significantly."

"All the weapons you stated are for killing human flesh," Dabi points out. "Or making them disappear. The blackhole grenade, the ray gun, the electricity gun, the super-grenade, or whatever, all those are weapons, not gadgets. Whoever stole these intends on taking out a large number of people."

"Dead or alive?" Todoroki asks.

"The only thing I know is that this blackhole probably opens a black hole or something. Unless that's a misleading name or whatever. I don't know the specifics of these other weapons."

Kuroshiro looks forward. "That means..."

"Who designed these?" Yaomomo asks. "If we can figure out who designed them, that could be useful."

"Students at the I-Island Academy."

"Emi goes there," Dabi points out, "sweet little orphan Emi."

Kuroshiro laughs. "Nice pun there, Dabi. Little Orphan Emi."

"I don't get the pun."

He rolls his eyes. "This is what I get for being a Japanese orphan in America."

1:00 PM

Dangan's House

After fixing up a plate of lunch, Dangan and Emi sit down at the table and dig into their food. A good bowl of ramen hits the spot, especially after their painful experience at the dentist.

While Emi eats a bowl of ramen, Dangan sets a plate with smoked trout as the main course and lettuce as a side. Seeing the lettuce touch the trout, he separates it using his knife and fork. He calms down slightly until he sees the tail end of the fish hanging off the plate. Grumbling, he adjusted the fish until it was centered on the plate and not being touched by the lettuce. He cuts into the fish before taking a careful bite, chewing exactly twenty-one times on his left side before taking one gulp of his Sprite soda.

"Use a napkin, Emi," Dangan orders, "it's disgusting when you use your hands."

"Sorry." Emi wipes her hands with a napkin.

"And don't eat so fast; you'll get a stomachache."

"But it is so good." Emi continues to eat from her bowl. "Do you want to see what I made today?"

"For... what?"

"For art class in school. Please, can I show you?"

"After you're done eating." Dangan takes another bite of his smoked trout, repeating the process of chewing twenty-one times before washing it down with one gulp of Sprite.

"All done," Emi yells, slurping the last of her noodles. "Can I show you now?"

"Patience, Emi, patience."

"Why do you eat so slow?" She notes that he's barely a quarter done with his meal.

"I have to eat this way."

Emi groans. "You're no fun having dinner with." Emi leaves the kitchen table before walking into the side room. She returns two minutes later, with only half of Dangan's food gone, and presents him with a clay model.

Dangan sighs in annoyance before pausing on the nineteenth bite of the food in his mouth. Prematurely, he swallows his food. "What's that?"

"It's you." Emi smiles as she pushes the clay model of Dangan standing at attention like a soldier in a JSDF uniform. "It's you." She pats Dangan's clay model on the head. "I made a clay model of you from this picture I found of you."

Dangan stares at the clay model with a fierce look before turning to Emi. "Why did you decide to sculpt me?"

"Well, the school assignment was that we are supposed to sculpt our hero. Most kids chose All Might or Wash but I chose you."

"I'm not a pro."

"No, but you're not but it doesn't matter. What do you think?"

"I think you're going to get an F for sculpting a random person and not a pro."

"But what do you think?" She looks at him desperately. "Do you like it?"

Dangan picks up the clay modeling his hands, looking it over. "Even if the teacher fails you for not doing a clay model of a pro, I still think it deserves some credits and kudos."

"But do you like it?"

Don't get attached, Dangan, don't get attached.

He sighs heavily. "I think... it could use some improvement. Your skills are great but it could use improvement."

Emi laughs. "I'm perfect in clay modeling and sculpting but... I think this is perfect. What's wrong with it?"

Dangan hesitates. "It's just..."

"If you don't like it, you can throw it away," she casually shrugs. "I'm going to make another." She leaves the room before he can respond.

Watching her head into her room, Dangan stands up, taking the clay model with him. Instead of tossing it in the trash, he goes back to his room, leaves the door open, and heads over to his dresser.

There is a small basketball with All Might's signature inside a glass display case of plexiglass. He opens the display case and removes the basketball. Setting the basketball aside, he carefully places the clay model down before putting the display case over it.

He steps back, looking at the clay model in the display case with a smile.

It's perfect, Emi, absolutely perfect. Thank you.

Unknown to him, Emi was watching from down the hall, smiling as she saw her guardian taking great care of his present. You are my hero, Dangan.

Character Cards

-Eijiro Kita

Quirk: Look Back (He can grow eyes in the back of his head)

Occupation: Electrician.

Age: 25

Birthday: November 17th

Height: 168 cm.

Blood Type: O

Likes: Onion rings.

Other Facts: Suffers from aquaphobia.

-Shin "Dentist 103" Enokido

Quirk: Irrelevant

Occupation: Dentist

Age: 35

Birthday: August 18th

Height: 160 cm

Blood Type: O

Likes: Pro-hero Wash

Other Facts: Wrote his own screenplay.

-Megumi "The Receptionist" Nazuka

Quirk: Irrelevant

Occupation: Stay-at-home mom (Formerly), receptionist on I-Island.

Age: 31

Birthday: November 29th

Height: 155 cm

Blood Type: O

Likes: American cartoons.

Other Facts: Doesn't celebrate her birthday.